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Calendar No. 395 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 44 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2012 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. DEMINT) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget; committee discharged pursuant to Section 300 of the Congressional 

Budget Act; placed on the calendar 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 

through 2022. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso6 lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 


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1 year 2013 and that this resolution sets forth the appro2 priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

4 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 201. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the sale of unused or vacant federal 

properties. 

Sec. 202. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for selling excess federal land. 

Sec. 203. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the repeal of davis-bacon prevailing 

wage laws. 

Sec. 204. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the reduction of purchasing and 

maintaining federal vehicles. 

Sec. 205. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the sale of financial assets purchased through the troubled asset relief program. 

Sec. 206. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws. 

TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 301. Discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2013 through 2022, 

program integrity initiatives, and other adjustments. 

Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 304. Adjustments for the extension of certain current policies. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 311. Oversight of government performance. 

Sec. 312. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 313. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

TITLE IV—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 401. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

TITLE V—CONGRESSIONAL POLICY CHANGES 

Sec. 501. Policy statement on social security. 

Sec. 502. Policy statement on medicare. 

Sec. 503. Policy statement on medicaid. 

Sec. 504. Policy statement on tax reform. 

Sec. 505. Policy statement on government asset sales. 

Sec. 506. Policy on repealing Obamacare. 


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TITLE VI—SENSE OF CONGRESS 

Sec. 601. Regulatory reform. 

Sec. 602. Rescind unspent or unobligated balances after 36 months. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022: 

6 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2013: $1,961,929,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2014: $2,144,992,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2015: $2,376,945,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: $2,558,632,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2017: $2,715,114,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2018: $2,846,304,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: $2,984,528,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: $3,135,231,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2021: $3,292,091,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2022: $3,453,764,000,000. 

20 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

21 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

22 are as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2013: $308,529,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: $409,619,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: $441,979,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2016: $460,171,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: $483,239,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: $511,287,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: $541,052,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: $579,382,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: $621,407,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: $667,810,000,000. 

10 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

11 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

12 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

13 Fiscal year 2013: $3,269,496,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: $3,224,788,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2015: $3,346,856,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2016: $3,398,941,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: $3,556,922,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2018: $3,726,387,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: $3,934,486,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: $4,100,004,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: $4,248,159,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2022: $4,411,172,000,000. 

23 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 

24 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

25 of total budget outlays are as follows: 


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1 Fiscal year 2013: $3,311,724,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2014: $3,266,962,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2015: $3,365,480,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: $3,407,980,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: $3,552,489,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2018: $3,716,960,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2019: $3,916,975,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: $4,080,281,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: $4,218,719,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: $4,378,447,000,000. 

11 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce12 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

13 are as follows: 

14 Fiscal year 2013: $651,795,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2014: $394,970,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2015: $218,535,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: $30,347,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: $30,624,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $43,345,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $25,554,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $58,950,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $122,373,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $171,316,000,000. 

24 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

25 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 


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1 the appropriate levels of the public debt are as fol2 lows: 

3 Fiscal year 2013: $16,687,208,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: $17,282,608,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: $17,705,767,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2016: $17,971,116,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2017: $18,223,074,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: $18,473,929,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: $18,727,530,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2020: $18,933,497,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2021: $19,058,907,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: $19,106,426,000,000. 

13 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro14 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

15 Fiscal year 2013: $11,856,466,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2014: $12,353,582,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: $12,668,280,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: $12,794,224,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2017: $12,858,947,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: $12,900,730,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: $12,953,800,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2020: $12,970,225,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2021: $12,919,109,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: $12,819,071,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

2 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of 

3 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of reve5 nues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

6 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

7 Fund are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2013: $675,120,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: $731,427,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2015: $772,640,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2016: $821,698,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: $872,014,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: $919,303,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: $965,008,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2020: $1,010,593,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: $1,055,547,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: $1,102,093,000,000. 

18 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of 

19 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

20 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays 

21 of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

22 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 

23 are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2013: $720,436,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2014: $758,457,000,000. 

26 Fiscal year 2015: $797,609,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2016: $839,879,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2017: $887,426,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2018: $939,147,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: $995,537,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: $1,032,447,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: $1,093,921,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2022: $1,153,017,000,000. 

8 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX9 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au10 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

11 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis12 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

13 are as follows: 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $5,539,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $5,543,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2014: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $5,701,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $5,709,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $5,868,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $5,842,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $6,047,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $6,019,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $6,231,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $6,201,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $6,434,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $6,402,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $6,651,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $6,617,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $6,867,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $6,832,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $7,088,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $7,052,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $7,320,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $7,283,000,000. 

4 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

5 Congress determines and declares that the appro6 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

7 years 2012 through 2022 for each major functional cat8 egory are: 

9 (1) National Defense (050): 

10 Fiscal year 2013: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $696,600,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $713,500,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $699,900,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $713,900,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2015: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $724,900,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $732,100,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $749,500,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $749,500,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $766,700,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $759,100,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $784,800,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $777,100,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $812,700,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $796,700,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $835,600,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $819,800,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $857,900,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $841,500,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $881,100,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $864,300,000,000. 

25 (2) International Affairs (150): 


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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $38,024,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $41,175,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2014: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $36,214,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $41,078,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $32,615,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $37,851,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $34,605,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $39,104,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $36,288,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $39,950,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $36,754,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $39,928,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $38,239,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $41,199,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $39,017,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $42,036,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $39,856,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $42,873,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $40,168,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $43,043,000,000. 

16 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

17 (250): 

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $11,390,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $11,875,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $10,781,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $10,925,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $10,190,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $10,175,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $10,043,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $9,984,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $10,281,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $10,953,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $10,850,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $11,201,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $11,075,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $10,976,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $10,848,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $11,231,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $11,064,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $11,044,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $10,879,000,000. 

8 (4) Energy (270): 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $1,924,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $8,075,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $1,765,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $4,807,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $934,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $2,035,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2016: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $1,043,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $2,080,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2017: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $1,260,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,125,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $1,292,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $2,170,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,323,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $2,215,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $1,081,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $1,808,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $1,105,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $1,844,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $1,138,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $1,892,000,000. 

24 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $24,988,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $28,975,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $23,662,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $27,094,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $20,775,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $24,013,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $22,093,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $24,128,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $23,753,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $25,075,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $25,130,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $25,172,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $26,291,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $26,137,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $26,460,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $26,216,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $27,487,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $27,199,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $27,265,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $26,961,000,000. 

16 (6) Agriculture (350): 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $9,822,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $9,775,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $9,390,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $9,357,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $8,666,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $8,620,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $8,760,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $8,710,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $8,423,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $8,375,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $8,506,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $8,456,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $8,588,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $8,537,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $8,671,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $8,618,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $9,687,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $9,621,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $9,822,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $9,753,000,000. 

8 (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $13,261,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $950,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $1,068,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $874,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $3,900,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $814,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $5,351,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $832,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $7,049,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,125,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $6,172,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $2,170,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $9,910,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $3,101,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $9,579,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $3,164,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $2,999,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $3,227,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $1,185,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $2,838,000,000. 

24 (8) Transportation (400): 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $17,078,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $27,075,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $6,958,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $18,791,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $8,203,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $19,129,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $8,169,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $19,136,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $8,275,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,125,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $8,439,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $19,096,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $8,657,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,049,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $9,401,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $20,792,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $10,926,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $22,128,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $9,793,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $22,231,000,000. 

16 (9) Community and Regional Development 

17 (450): 

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $10,459,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $8,265,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $17,043,000,000. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $8,348,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $13,838,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $10,611,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $14,144,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $12,652,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $14,875,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $14,022000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $15,190,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $14,349,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $15,062,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $14,365,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $14,916,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $15,547,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $16,135,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $15,512,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $16,082,000,000. 

8 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

9 Social Services (500): 

10 Fiscal year 2013: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $56,341,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $57,875,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $52,978,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $53,499,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2015: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $50,710,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $50,180,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $54,699,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $54,080,000,000. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $56,797,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $56,100,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $57,622,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $56,854,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $58,400,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $57,590,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $59,907,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $59,059,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $60,799,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $59,930,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $60,885,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $60,071,000,000. 

25 (11) Health (550): 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $353,800,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $348,000,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2014: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $337,591,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $326,887,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $351,655,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $330,821,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $361,046,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $340,432,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $374,026,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $349,175,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $385,327,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $360,180,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $399,456,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $371,797,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $413,929,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $383,778,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $443,416,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $411,012,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $472,571,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $438,342,000,000. 

16 (12) Medicare (570): 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $585,288,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $585,220,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $617,452,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $617,414,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $650,316,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $650,265,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $624,673,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $624,626,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $623,319,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $623,271,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $625,754,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $625,706,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $653,437,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $653,384,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $665,758,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $665,702,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $632,639,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $632,583,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $663,152,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $663,095,000,000. 

8 (13) Income Security (600): 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $458,510,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $462,945,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $388,595,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $391,402,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $382,123,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $383,981,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $384,516,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $385,762,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $385,722,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $386,070,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $394,436,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $394,212,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $400,998,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $400,516,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $416,931,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $416,354,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $405,108,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $404,451,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $417,175,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $416,541,000,000. 

24 (14) Social Security (650): 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $53,216,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $53,296,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $31,892,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $32,002,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $35,135,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $35,210,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $38,953,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $38,991,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $43,140,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $43,140,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $47,590,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $47,590,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $52,429,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $52,429,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $57,425,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $57,425,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $62,604,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $62,604,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $68,079,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $68,079,000,000. 

16 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $119,099,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $119,750,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $121,154,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $121,456,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $123,497,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $123,506,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $131,075,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $130,702,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $128,369,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $127,870,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $127,819,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $127,274,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $134,992,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $134,425,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $139,848,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $139,274,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $142,925,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $142,327,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $142,670,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $142,079,000,000. 

8 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $47,182,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $48,925,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $45,833,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $48,070,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $45,232,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $46,805,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $46,682,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $47,840,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $47,921,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $48,875,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $48,995,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $49,910,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $50,0690,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $50,945,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $51,208,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $51,980,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $52,229,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $53,015,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $52,207,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $52,976,000,000. 

24 (17) General Government (800): 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $17,292,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $18,113,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $18,791,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $17,574,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $17,908,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $17,752,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $17,888,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $19,100,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,125,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $19,082,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $19,096,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $19,466,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,049,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $20,345,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $19,888,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $20,278,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $19,823,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $20,320,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $19,866,000,000. 

16 (18) Net Interest (900): 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $226,273,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $226,273,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $241,665,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $241,665,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $278,158,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $278,158,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $329,553,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $329,553,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $377,828,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $377,828,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $419,849,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $419,849,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $456,458,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $456,458,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $483,401,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $483,401,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $497,066,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $497,066,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $508,481,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $508,481,000,000. 

8 (19) Allowances (920): 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

11 (B) Outlays, $0. 

12 Fiscal year 2014: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

14 (B) Outlays, $0. 

15 Fiscal year 2015: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

17 (B) Outlays, $0. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

20 (B) Outlays, $0. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

23 (B) Outlays, $0. 

24 Fiscal year 2018: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $0. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (B) Outlays, $0. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

4 (B) Outlays, $0. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

7 (B) Outlays, $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

10 (B) Outlays, $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2022: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

13 (B) Outlays, $0. 

14 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

15 Fiscal year 2013: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $138,200,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $138,200,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2014: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $152,800,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $152,800,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2015: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $160,700,000,000. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 (B) Outlays, $160,700,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2016: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $230,400,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $230,400,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2017: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $204,200,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $204,200,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $175,400,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $175,400,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $145,800,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $145,800,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $119,800,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $119,800,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $71,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $71,000,000,000. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $74,000,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $74,000,000,000. 

5 TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

6 SEC. 201. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

7 SALE OF UNUSED OR VACANT FEDERAL 

8 PROPERTIES. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

12 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolu13 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

14 achieve savings by selling any unused or vacant Federal 

15 properties. The Chairman may also make adjustments to 

16 the Senate’s pay-as-you-go ledger over 10 years to ensure 

17 that the deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit re18 duction only. The adjustments authorized under this sec19 tion shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

20 SEC. 202. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR SELL21 ING EXCESS FEDERAL LAND. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

25 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resoluVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:12 May 08, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SC44.PCS SC44

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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

2 achieve savings by selling any excess Federal land. The 

3 Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay 

4 as-you-go ledger over 10 years to ensure that the deficit 

5 reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The 

6 adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the 

7 amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

8 SEC. 203. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

9 REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGE 

10 LAWS. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

14 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolu15 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports from 

16 savings achieved by repealing the Davis-Bacon prevailing 

17 wage laws. The Chairman may also make adjustments to 

18 the Senate’s pay-as-you-go ledger over 10 years to ensure 

19 that the deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit re20 duction only. The adjustments authorized under this sec21 tion shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 SEC. 204. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

2 REDUCTION OF PURCHASING AND MAINTAIN3 ING FEDERAL VEHICLES. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

7 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolu8 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

9 achieve savings by reducing the Federal vehicles fleet. The 

10 Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay 

11 as-you-go ledger over 10 years to ensure that the deficit 

12 reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The 

13 adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the 

14 amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

15 SEC. 205. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

16 SALE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS PURCHASED 

17 THROUGH THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF 

18 PROGRAM. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

22 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolu23 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

24 achieve savings by selling financial instruments and equity 

25 accumulated through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 

26 The Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s 


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•SCON 44 PCS 

1 pay-as-you-go ledger over 10 years to ensure that the def2 icit reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. 

3 The adjustments authorized under this section shall be of 

4 the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

5 SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 

6 HEALTH CARE LAWS. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

10 limits in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolu11 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

12 achieve savings by repealing the Patient Protection and 

13 Affordable Care Act of 2010. The Chairman may also 

14 make adjustments to the Senate’s pay as-you-go ledger 

15 over 10 years to ensure that the deficit reduction achieved 

16 is used for deficit reduction only. The adjustments author17 ized under this section shall be of the amount of deficit 

18 reduction achieved. 

19 TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

20 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

21 SEC. 301. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL 

22 YEARS 2013 THROUGH 2022, PROGRAM INTEG23 RITY INITIATIVES, AND OTHER ADJUST24 MENTS. 

25 (a) SENATE POINT OF ORDER.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro2 vided in this section, it shall not be in order in the 

3 Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or 

4 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill 

5 or joint resolution) that would cause the discre6 tionary spending limits in this section to be exceed7 ed. 

8 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

9 (A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be 

10 waived or suspended in the Senate only by the 

11 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

12 duly chosen and sworn. 

13 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

14 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

15 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

16 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con17 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

18 bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of 

19 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly 

20 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

21 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

22 of order raised under this subsection. 

23 (b) SENATE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In 

24 the Senate and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discre25 tionary spending limit’’ means— 


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1 (1) for fiscal year 2013, $1,093,000,000,000 in 

2 new budget authority and $1,181,000,000,000 in 

3 outlays; 

4 (2) for fiscal year 2014, $1,030,000,000,000 in 

5 new budget authority and $1,143,000,000,000 in 

6 outlays; 

7 (3) for fiscal year 2015, $1,061,000,000,000 in 

8 new budget authority and $1,130,000,000,000 in 

9 outlays; 

10 (4) for fiscal year 2016 $1,106,000,000,000 in 

11 new budget authority and $1,156,000,000,000 in 

12 outlays; 

13 (5) for fiscal year 2017, $1,140,000,000,000 in 

14 new budget authority and $1,174,000,000,000 in 

15 outlays; 

16 (6) for fiscal year 2018, $1,171,000,000,000 in 

17 new budget authority and $1,201,000,000,000 in 

18 outlays; 

19 (7) for fiscal year 2019, $1,210,000,000,000 in 

20 new budget authority and $1,230,000,000,000 in 

21 outlays; 

22 (8) for fiscal year 2020, $1,240,000,000,000 in 

23 new budget authority and $1,261,000,000,000 in 

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1 (9) for fiscal year 2021, $1,276,000,000,000 in 

2 new budget authority and $1,292,000,000,000 in 

3 outlays; and 

4 (10) for fiscal year 2022, $1,299,000,000,000 

5 in new budget authority and $1,323,000,000,000 in 

6 outlays; as adjusted in conformance with the adjust7 ment procedures in subsection (c). 

8 (c) ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SENATE.—After the re9 porting of a bill or joint resolution relating to any matter 

10 described in subsection (a)(2), or the offering of an 

11 amendment or motion thereto or the submission of a con12 ference report thereon— 

13 (1) the Chairman of the Committee on the 

14 Budget of the Senate may adjust the discretionary 

15 spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and alloca16 tions pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new 

18 budget authority in that measure for that purpose 

19 and the outlays flowing therefrom; and 

20 (2) following any adjustment under paragraph 

21 (1), the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

22 may report appropriately revised suballocations pur23 suant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

24 Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 

4 the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, 

5 amendment, or conference report that would provide an 

6 advance appropriation. 

7 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 

8 appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided 

9 in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fis10 cal year 2013 that first becomes available for any fiscal 

11 year after 2012, or any new budget authority provided in 

12 a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or 

13 continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, that first 

14 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2013. 

15 SEC. 303. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

16 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Senate, 

17 with respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts 

18 legislation or appropriations for discretionary accounts 

19 that Congress designates as an emergency requirement in 

20 such measure, the amounts of new budget authority, out21 lays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that 

22 provision shall be treated as an emergency requirement 

23 for the purpose of this section. 

24 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

25 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

26 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 


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1 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution, 

2 amendment, or conference report shall not count for pur3 poses of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budg4 et Act of 1974, section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th 

5 Congress) (relating to pay-as-you-go), section 311 of 

6 S.Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress) (relating to long-term 

7 deficits), and section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con8 gress)(relating to short-term deficits), and section 301 of 

9 this resolution (relating to discretionary spending). Des10 ignated emergency provisions shall not count for the pur11 pose of revising allocations, aggregates, or other levels 

12 pursuant to procedures established under section 

13 301(b)(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for 

14 deficit-neutral reserve funds and revising discretionary 

15 spending limits set pursuant to section 301 of this resolu16 tion. 

17 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is 

18 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec19 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers 

20 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation 

21 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria 

22 in subsection (f). 

23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct 

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1 lution, amendment, motion, or conference report that af2 fects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those 

3 terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of 

4 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

5 of 1985. 

6 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid8 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con9 ference report, if a point of order is made by a Sen10 ator against an emergency designation in that meas11 ure, that provision making such a designation shall 

12 be stricken from the measure and may not be of13 fered as an amendment from the floor. 

14 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

15 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

16 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 

17 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

18 duly chosen and sworn. 

19 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

20 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

21 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

22 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con23 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

24 bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An 

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1 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 

2 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 

3 the Chair on a point of order raised under this 

4 subsection. 

5 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA6 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

7 shall be considered an emergency designation if it 

8 designates any item as an emergency requirement 

9 pursuant to this subsection. 

10 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

11 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

12 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

14 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

15 is considering a conference report on, or an amend16 ment between the Senate and the House of Rep17 resentatives in relation to, a bill, upon a point of 

18 order being made by any Senator pursuant to this 

19 section, and such point of order being sustained, 

20 such material contained in such conference report 

21 shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to 

22 consider the question of whether the Senate shall re23 cede from its amendment and concur with a further 

24 amendment, or concur in the House of Representa25 tives amendment with a further amendment, as the 


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1 case may be, which further amendment shall consist 

2 of only that portion of the conference report or 

3 House of Representatives amendment, as the case 

4 may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the 

5 Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such 

6 point of order is sustained against a conference re7 port (or Senate amendment derived from such con8 ference report by operation of this subsection), no 

9 further amendment shall be in order. 

10 (f) CRITERIA.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

12 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit13 uation addressed by such provision is— 

14 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere15 ly useful or beneficial); 

16 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 

17 not building up over time; 

18 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

19 need requiring immediate action; 

20 (D) subject to subparagraph (B), unfore21 seen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 

22 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

23 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part 

24 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 


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1 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is 

2 not unforeseen. 

3 (g) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 403 of 

4 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolu5 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall no longer 

6 apply. 

7 SEC. 304. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN 

8 CURRENT POLICIES. 

9 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—For the purposes of determining 

10 points of order specified in subsection (b), the Chairman 

11 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust 

12 the estimate of the budgetary effects of a bill, joint resolu13 tion, amendment, motion, or conference report that con14 tains 1 or more provisions meeting the criteria of sub15 section (c) to exclude the amounts of qualifying budgetary 

16 effects. 

17 (b) COVERED POINTS OF ORDER.—The Chairman of 

18 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

19 adjustments pursuant to this section for the following 

20 points of order only: 

21 (1) Section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con22 gress) (relating to pay-as-you-go). 

23 (2) Section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Con24 gress) (relating to long-term deficits). 


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1 (3) Section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con2 gress) (relating to short-term deficits). 

3 (c) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—The Chairman of 

4 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

5 adjustments authorized under subsection (a) for legisla6 tion containing provisions that— 

7 (1) amend or supersede the system for updating 

8 payments made under subsections 1848 (d) and (f) 

9 of the Social Security Act, consistent with section 

10 7(c) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

11 (Public Law 111–139); and 

12 (2) amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

13 that may establish a single, flat tax rate as nec14 essary to conform with the annual revenue levels 

15 specified herein consistent with section 7(d) of the 

16 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

17 (d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 

18 the terms ‘‘budgetary effects’’ or ‘‘effects’’ mean the 

19 amount by which a provision changes direct spending or 

20 revenues relative to the baseline. 

21 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on December 

22 31, 2012. 


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1 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

2 SEC. 311. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

3 In the Senate, all committees are directed to review 

4 programs and tax expenditures within their jurisdiction to 

5 identify waste, fraud, abuse, or duplication, and increase 

6 the use of performance data to inform committee work. 

7 Committees are also directed to review the matters for 

8 congressional consideration identified on the High Risk 

9 list reports of the Government Accountability Office’s. 

10 Based on these oversight efforts and performance reviews 

11 of programs within their jurisdiction, committees are di12 rected to include recommendations for improved govern13 mental performance in their annual views and estimates 

14 reports required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974 to the Committees on the Budget. 

16 SEC. 312. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO17 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

18 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

19 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

20 (1) apply while that measure is under consider21 ation; 

22 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

23 measure; and 

24 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

25 soon as practicable. 


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1 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG2 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

3 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur4 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca5 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

6 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

7 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au8 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author9 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

10 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

11 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

12 Senate. 

13 SEC. 313. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON14 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

15 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro16 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair17 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

18 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res19 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 

21 in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 

22 TITLE IV—RECONCILIATION 

23 SEC. 401. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

24 (a) SUBMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORM OF

25 MANDATORY SPENDING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 1, 

2 2012, the Senate committees named in paragraph 

3 (2) shall submit their recommendations to the Com4 mittee on the Budget of the Senate of the United 

5 States. After receiving those recommendations from 

6 the applicable committees of the Senate, the Com7 mittee on the Budget shall report to the Senate a 

8 reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommenda9 tions without substantive revision. 

10 (2) INSTRUCTIONS.— 

11 (A) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, 

12 AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Committee on 

13 Commerce, Science, and Transportation shall 

14 report changes in law within its jurisdiction suf15 ficient to reduce direct spending outlays by 

16 $457,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

17 2013 through 2022. 

18 (B) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRI19 TION, AND FORESTRY.—The Committee on Ag20 riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry shall report 

21 changes in law within its jurisdiction sufficient 

22 to reduce direct spending outlays by 

23 $563,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

24 2013 through 2022. 


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1 (C) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, 

2 LABOR, AND PENSIONS.—The Committee on 

3 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions shall 

4 report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 

5 sufficient to reduce direct spending outlays by 

6 $2,652,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

7 years 2013 through 2022. 

8 (D) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Com9 mittee on Finance shall report changes in laws 

10 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

11 spending outlays by $1,432,000,000,000 for the 

12 period of fiscal years 2013 through 2022. 

13 (b) SUBMISSION OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—Upon 

14 the submission to the Committee on the Budget of the 

15 Senate of a recommendation that has complied with its 

16 reconciliation instructions solely by virtue of section 

17 310(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 

18 chairman of that committee may file with the Senate re19 vised allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and re20 vised functional levels and aggregates. 

21 TITLE V—CONGRESSIONAL 

22 POLICY CHANGES 

23 SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

24 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con25 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 


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1 legislation to ensure the Social Security System achieves 

2 solvency over the 75 year window as follows: 

3 (1) The legislation must modify the Primary In4 surance Amount formula starting in 2013 to 

5 smoothly phase down so that starting with workers 

6 born after 1985, it will reach a flat benefit of $1,200 

7 in 2012 dollars indexed between 2012 and the year 

8 in question by the increase in average wages. 

9 (2) Effective 2013, reduce benefits on a pro10 gressive basis for single beneficiaries with incomes 

11 over $55,000 and married couples with incomes over 

12 $110,000 so that individuals and married couples 

13 who file taxes jointly, with more than $110,000 and 

14 $165,000, respectively, in non-Social Security in15 come will receive no benefit. 

16 (3) From 2013 to 2022, the normal retirement 

17 age will rise to 68 for workers born in or after 1959. 

18 After 2031, the normal retirement age will be in19 dexed to longevity, adding about 1 month every 2 

20 years according to current projections. 

21 (4) The normal retirement age will be increased 

22 by 4 months per year starting with individuals born 

23 in 1954 and stopping when it reaches age 68 for in24 dividuals born in or after 1959. 


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1 (5) From 2013 to 2031, the early retirement 

2 age rises to 65 for workers born in or after 1964. 

3 After 2031, the early retirement age will be indexed 

4 to longevity, adding about 1 month every 2 years ac5 cording to current projections. 

6 (6) The early eligibility age will be increased by 

7 3 months per year starting with individuals born in 

8 1953 and stopping when it reaches age 65 for indi9 viduals born in or after 1964. 

10 SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

11 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con12 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 

13 legislation to ensure a reduction in the unfunded liabilities 

14 of Medicare as follows: 

15 (1) In 2017, Medicare is reformed to provide a 

16 premium support payment and a selection of guar17 anteed health coverage options from which recipients 

18 can choose a plan that best suits their needs over19 seen by a separate independent agency. 

20 (2) Preserves the traditional Medicare FFS op21 tion administered by HHS. 

22 (3) For each region, the base Federal premium 

23 support would be initially set at 88 percent of the 

24 average of 3 lowest bids. 


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1 (4) Provides for enhanced risk adjustment to 

2 ensure continuity in coverage and market stability. 

3 (5) Raises the age of eligibility gradually over 

4 10 years, increasing from 65 to 68, resulting in a 

5 3.6 month increase per year and subsequently in6 creased or decreased based on longevity. 

7 (6) The Federal based premium support 

8 amount would be reduced or phase out for upper in9 come seniors and increased for lower income seniors. 

10 SEC. 503. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID. 

11 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con12 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 

13 legislation to ensure fiscal sustainability at the Federal 

14 level while protecting the most vulnerable and promoting 

15 beneficiary independence as follows: 

16 (1) Medicaid is reformed to provide direct Fed17 eral premium support for low-income, nondisabled, 

18 nonelderly individuals. 

19 (2) The Federal Government would provide at 

20 least $2,000 for an individual and at least $3,500 in 

21 premium support for a family and up to $9,000 for 

22 the lowest income families. 

23 (3) Current Federal Medicaid funding for acute 

24 and long-term care services provided to the disabled 

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1 a fixed payment to the States adjusted on a per cap2 ita basis for medical inflation. 

3 (4) States would be permitted to design and 

4 manage more appropriate care and service delivery 

5 to the disabled and elderly populations remaining in 

6 the program. 

7 SEC. 504. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

8 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con9 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction shall 

10 enact legislation to ensure the adoption of a new tax sys11 tem that replaces all existing taxes collected by the Fed12 eral Government including but not limited to income, pay13 roll, gift and estate taxes, and excises except those dedi14 cated to specific Trust Funds, with a new flat tax fea15 turing a consumed-income tax base structure that is eco16 nomically neutral with respect to saving and investment, 

17 reduces tax complexity, and provides for a globally com18 petitive single tax rate as follows: 

19 (1) The new tax will have a single flat tax rate 

20 consistent with and sufficient to collect the annual 

21 revenue levels specified herein. The individual tax 

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1 (A) A deduction for charitable contribu2 tions to institutions qualifying as charitable or3 ganizations under current law. 

4 (B) An elective deduction for home mort5 gage interest subject to the condition that if 

6 and only if the borrow elects the deduction the 

7 lender would then owe tax on all resulting in8 come. 

9 (C) A deduction for higher education tui10 tion and fees. 

11 (D) A standard deduction for seniors equal 

12 to the sum of the flat Social Security benefit 

13 amount plus the value of the Medicare defined 

14 contributions. 

15 (E) An exclusion for seniors of up to 

16 $10,000 in wage and salary income. 

17 (F) The current law Earned Income Cred18 it. 

19 (G) A $3,500 nonrefundable tax credit for 

20 families ($2,000 for individuals) to purchase 

21 health insurance. The new individual tax would 

22 tax all income and other proceeds used for con23 sumption and exclude all saving. 

24 (2) The business tax code shall apply the same 

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1 total revenue from the domestic sale of goods and 

2 services less purchases of goods and services from 

3 other firms less wages, salaries, and related em4 ployee costs. All credits currently applicable to busi5 ness income would be repealed except the Alternative 

6 Simplified Credit for research and development ex7 penditures. 

8 (3) Individuals and businesses would be subject 

9 to taxation solely on income generated within the 

10 United States. A border tax adjustment system 

11 would be developed in consultation with the World 

12 Trade Organization to neutralize tax differences for 

13 goods and services entering and leaving the United 

14 States proper. 

15 (4) Tax reform shall be enacted with due care 

16 through transition provisions to avoid insofar as pos17 sible retroactive tax increases or decreases arising 

18 from the accrued tax consequences of decisions made 

19 under current tax law. 

20 SEC. 505. POLICY STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT ASSET 

21 SALES. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 

23 (1) The Federal Government owns and controls 

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1 ties; valuable portions of the electromagnetic spec2 trum; underutilized buildings; and financial assets. 

3 (2) Control of these numerous and varied assets 

4 is 1 key expression of a government much too large 

5 and intrusive. 

6 (3) Given the Federal Government’s excessive 

7 spending, which has driven trillion-dollar-plus defi8 cits for 4 straight years, and generated debt burdens 

9 that are stifling present-day economic growth and 

10 threatening the Nation’s future prosperity. 

11 (4) Divesting itself of these assets would make 

12 an important contribution to reducing Government’s 

13 debt and interest costs. 

14 (b) POLICY ON ASSET SALES.—It is the policy of this 

15 budget resolution that the House and Senate shall each 

16 develop a package of asset sales and transfers of govern17 ment activities to the private sector. These proposals, 

18 which are to yield revenues or savings of at least 

19 $260,000,000,000 through fiscal year 2028, shall be sub20 mitted to the respective chambers for enactment in fiscal 

21 year 2013. 

22 (c) ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING ASSET SALES.—The 

23 assets in the package must include, though not be limited 

24 to, the following: 


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1 (1) Land administered by the Bureau of Land 

2 Management and the Department of Agriculture. 

3 (2) Federal buildings and other real estate. 

4 (3) Mineral rights. 

5 (4) Electromagnetic spectrum. 

6 (5) Facilities administered by the Power Mar7 keting Administrations and by the Tennessee Valley 

8 Authority. 

9 (6) Federal loans and other financial assets. 

10 (7) Amtrak. 

11 (d) ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING TRANSFER OF GOV12 ERNMENT ACTIVITIES.—Transfers of government activi13 ties to the private must include, though not be limited to, 

14 the following: 

15 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora16 tion. 

17 (2) The Government Printing Office. 

18 (3) The Architect of the Capitol. 

19 (4) The Bureau of Reclamation. 

20 SEC. 506. POLICY ON REPEALING OBAMACARE. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 

22 (1) The quality of United States health care, as 

23 well as the stability of the nation’s economy and the 

24 Federal budget, depend on solving the genuine cost 

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1 (2) But the pervasive government intrusiveness 

2 and $1,390,000,000,000 cost of Obamacare are pre3 cisely the wrong prescription for problems that have 

4 developed grown from faulty government policy, par5 ticularly on the part of the Federal Government. 

6 (3) Obamacare will generate fewer choices, less 

7 access, and greater dependence on the Government 

8 for health care, while increasing taxes, regulation 

9 and mandates on individuals and businesses. 

10 (4) A majority of Americans continue to oppose 

11 this one-size-fits-all ‘‘remedy,’’ a Government take12 over of one sixth of the economy that was rammed 

13 through Congress despite a clear lack of consensus. 

14 (b) POLICY ON OBAMACARE.—It is the policy of this 

15 budget resolution that Congress should repeal Obamacare 

16 and develop a fresh strategy built on a patient-centered, 

17 market-based solution. 

18 TITLE VI—SENSE OF CONGRESS 

19 SEC. 601. REGULATORY REFORM. 

20 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con21 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 

22 legislation to ensure a regulatory reform as follows: 

23 (1) APPLY REGULATORY ANALYSIS REQUIRE24 MENTS TO INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.—It shall be 

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1 ment for independent agencies to abide by the same 

2 regulatory analysis requirement as those required by 

3 executive branch agencies. 

4 (2) ADOPT THE REGULATIONS FROM THE EX5 ECUTIVE IN NEED OF SCRUTINY ACT (REINS).—It 

6 shall be the policy of Congress to vote on the Regu7 lation from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act, 

8 legislation that would require all regulations that im9 pose a burden greater than $100 million in economic 

10 aggregate may not be implemented as law unless 

11 Congress gives their consent by voting on the rule. 

12 (3) SUNSET ALL REGULATIONS.—It shall be the 

13 policy of Congress that regulations imposed by the 

14 Federal Government shall automatically sunset every 

15 2 years unless repromulgated by Congress. 

16 (4) PROCESS REFORM.—It shall be the policy of 

17 Congress to implement regulatory process reform by 

18 instituting statutorily required regulatory impact 

19 analysis for all agencies, require the publication of 

20 regulatory impact analysis before the regulation is 

21 finalized, and ensure that not only are regulatory 

22 impact analysis conducted, but applied to the issued 

23 regulation or rulemaking. 

24 (5) INCORPORATION OF FORMAL RULEMAKING

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1 gress to apply formal rulemaking procedures to all 

2 major regulations or those regulations that exceed 

3 $100,000,000 in aggregate economic costs. 

4 SEC. 602. RESCIND UNSPENT OR UNOBLIGATED BALANCES 

5 AFTER 36 MONTHS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) any adjustments of allocations and aggre8 gates made pursuant to this resolution shall require 

9 that any unobligated or unspent allocations be re10 scinded after 36 months; 

11 (2) revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

12 from these adjustments resulting from the required 

13 rescissions shall be considered for the purposes of 

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations 

15 and aggregates contained in this resolution; and 

16 (3) for purposes of this resolution the levels of 

17 new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new 

18 entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and sur19 pluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall 

20 be determined on the basis of estimates made by the 

21 Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 


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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 44 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2013 

MAY 8, 2012 

Committee discharged pursuant to Section 300 of the 

Congressional Budget Act; placed on the calendar 


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